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WATER HEATER AND PURIPIEE.

No. 352,638. Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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MARTIN M. WILSON, OF HONEY GROVE, TEXAS.

WATER HEATER AND PURIFIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,638, dated.November 16, 1886.

Application filed March 524, 1886. Serial No. 196,401. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that l, MARTIN M. WILsoN, of Honey Grove, in the countyof-Fannin and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Water Heaters, Purifiers, and Oondensers, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical central section of myimproved heater and purifier;V

Fig. 2, a perspective View, with the top and side partly cut away; andFig. 3, a perspective view of the corrugated plate detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in heaters, condensers, andpuriers so constructed and arranged that the Water as it enters thecondenser or purifier comes at once in Contact with the exhaust-steam,which contact partially condenses the steam, and at the same time heatsor decomposes and changes the composition of the water, causing it togive up and deposit the greater portion of the mineral matter itcontains. the steam passes over the surface ofthe water in the closedpart. The waterpasses through the bottom of the partitionintoa secondapartment, where it is at rest, the oil and grease passing off from anoverilowpipe. Thus the greater part of the sediment and mineral matteris deposited in the first apartment, while the remainder is permitted tosettle in the sec'- ond, Where the 'Water is comparatively still. TheWater is then in a lit condition toxbe drawn ot'f and used again in theboiler. As this Water is now quite pure,there Will be great saving introuble and time in cleansing the boiler,and incidentally, as the boileris thus kept quite clean, economizing the use of fuel and water, all ofwhich will now be fully set forth in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the external casing of anordinary condenser-tank. This has an exhaust-steam pipe, B, connected atits forward end, and a freshwater pipe, C, also connected'therewithimmediately above the exhaust-pipe B. The end of the tank containingthese pipes B and G is provided with a cover, D, as shown in thedrawings, extending midway of the tank, the opposite end beingpreferably uncovered. An

of this ,end of the tank is also providedwith a The remainder ot"deposited on the side of this partition K. The

exhaust-water pipe, E, is provided at this end ofthe tank for thepurpose of drawing off the water and pumping it back into the boilerwhile being purified, While the opposite side small overiow-pipe, F, forthe purpose of permitting the grease and oil being removed from thetank. Midway the tank is provided With a Vertical partition, G, shuttingoff the end of the first compartment,H. The bottom of this partition Gis provided with suitable openings, I, through which the Water passesfrom theapartment H. into the uncovered apartment J. The apartment H isprovided centrally with a partition, K, extending from the bottom toabout midway the height of the tank, having its entire surface formedwith perforations L. Y

Immediately beneath the cold-Water pipe C, I provide a corrugatedconvexed disk, M, secured beneath the cover D, and immediately over theopening of the exhaust-pipe, so that when the fresh Water enters thetank H through the pipe C it will strike the upper or convexedcorrugated face of the said disk M, When it is sprayed or deflected insmall particles, and as the exhaust steam e'nters'the compartment Hthrough thepipe B the sprayed water,com ing in Contact with thesteam,condenses a considerable amount of the steam, and at the same timeheats, decomposes, or changes the composition of the Water, causing itto give up or deposit the greater portion of the mineral matter itcontains, the steam passing over the surface of the Water increasing theheat, and decomposition still further condenses the steam, until theremainder passes out at the large pipe N, through the cover D, at theopposite end of the compartment H from the pipes B and G.

The partition K separates the larger particles from the water, causingit to settle inthe bottom of the compartment H, immediately beneath thedisk M. Additional matter vis water passing out through the opening I inthe partition G enters thevcompartment J, Where it is not agitated.The-remainder of the ne matter and sediment is permitted to settle, andthe oil and grease is drawn oft 7c through the overlioW-pipe F, and theWater drawn off as fast as desired through the pipe E, and returned tothe boiler.

Having described my invention,` what I claim isn l. In the condenser A,having the cover D, the Water-pipe C and exhaust-steam pipegB, combinedwith the corrugated convex disk M, whereby the water falls upon the diskand the steam enters beneath it, substantially as described.

2. The condenser A, having Water-apartments H and J andV cover D, WithWater and escape pipes C and N passing through it, said apartment Jdivided by the perforated partition K, and the corrugated disk M andlexhaust-steam pipe B, in the combination shown and described.

3. In a condenser, and in combination with the water-apartment H,provided with Water and exhaust-steam inlets N and a spraying andcondensing disk,the apartment J, and the partition G, having aperture Iat its base and the eseapepipes E and F, respectively, atthe bottom andsides, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I VVhave hereunto set my hand,this 11th day of February, 1866, in the presence of Witnesses.

' M. M. VILSON. Vitnesses:

FRED T. HocKADAY, J. B. PIsTLE.

